Railway car



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH W. SANFORD, F KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

RAILWAY CAB..

0riinll application led August 31, 1923, Serial No. 660,416, now PatentNo. 1,486,547, dated Inch 11,

1924. Divided and this application led March 10, 1924. Serial No.898,222. Y

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HUGH W. SANroRD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State 6 of Tennessee,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing. ,My invention relates particularly to mine cars and other carsof any type wherein the frame of the car has side sills and end sillsconnecting the side sills.

This application is a division of my application, Serial Number..-f660,416, filed l5 August 3.1, 1923, now Patent 1,486,547, granted March11, 1924, for Letters Patent of the United States for an improvement inrailway cars.

That application illustrates and describes an end sill formed chiefly ofa rolled steel plate bent into desired form and adapted to be joinedto'the ends of the side sills to form a rectangular frame for the carbody. In that application the end sill is shown u in two forms, thefirst being adapted to receive an ordinary coupling link for couplingthe meeting ends of two such cars to each other while the other formincludes a filling memberin which is a socket adapt- 30 ed to receive aspring-controlled draw bar.

This second form is made the subject matter of this application, thisapplication thus becoming a division of my said application,

Serial Number 660,416.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan of a structure embodying:n` improvement;

` ig. 2 is an elevation looking at the structure of Fig. 1 from theleft;

Fig. .3 is a front elevation of the structure shown by Figs. 1 and 2,the View being parallel tothe length of the car; l

Fig. 4 is a lan showing a sheet steel blank from which is made the bodyof the end sill;

Fi 5 is a perspective of said end sill vdetac ed from other parts;

Fig. 6 is a perspective ofone of the corner unembers used for joiningthe side sills 5 to the end sill;

Fi 7 is an upright section on the line 7-7, of Fig. 1, looking'in thedirection of the arrow;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 8 8, of Fig. 3;

Fig. 9 is an n right section on the line, 9 9, of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrow;

Fig. 10 is an upri ht section on the line,

10-10, of Fig. 1`,=lfoo ing toward the right. p

Referring to said drawings, A, A are the side sills. In the form shownin the drawings, these sills are of channel-form with iianges, A1,directed outward.

B is the steel plate member of the end sill. This is of channel form andhas an uprightY web, B1, (presenting a flat back face) and an upperhorizontal iiange, B2,

and a lower horizontal flange, B3. vThe corners of the flange, B2, arecut to make slantin edges, B4; and the corners of the lower an s, B3,are similarly cut to make slanting e ges, B5 (Fi s. 1, 4 and 5). Thismember, B, is formed y folding the ,blank of Fig. 4, along the dottedlines, B". The blank of Fig. 4 is cut from a plate of rolled steel ofdesired thickness. his member, B, is also provided with holes as will bedecribed further on.

In the form shown in the drawings, the plate member, B, is long enoughto partially over-lap the adjacent ends of the side sills. Said memberand the side sills are joined to each other by means of corner anglemembers, C. One of these an le members is shown in perspective in Fig.6. One arm or blade of the angle member rests against the outer lat faceof the plate member, B, and is secured to the plate member b bolts orrivets, C1, extending throu h said lade and the plate member, B. T edrawings show six such bolts or rivets. The' other arm or blade of theangle member extends into the space between the lianges,

'A1, of the adjacent side sill and bears against the upright yweb of theside sill. Bolts or rivets, A2, extend through said blade and said webto join said parts to each other. In the form shown in the drawings, sixsuch bolts or rivets, A2, are used. These corner angle members and thebolts or rivets used for securing these angle members to the platemember, B, and the side sills, A., are to be suiliciently strong to giverigidity to the frame. The web,'B1, of the plate member, B, is widerthan the height as p of the side sills, A, A, to make space for thefilling member. v

This filling member, D, is of a lenlgith approximately equaling thelength of t e steel plate member, B, and of a height to fill the spacebetween the flan es, 1?2 and B3, of the plate, B. On the mi dlelongitudinal line of the car, the member, D, has in its upper face alongitudinal channel, D1, of suitable form to constitute a socket orchamber adapted to receive a spring-controlled draw bar, not shown. Inthe bottom of the channel, D1, are an outer opening, D2, and an inneropening, Ds, which may recelve members associated with the draw bar.Bolts, D4, extend through vthe flanges, B2 and B3, and through themember, D, and bind said members firmly to each other. In this case, thedraw bar and the member, D, project outward beyond the flanges, B2 andB8, and take im act from another car.

pposite each angle member, C, the rear face of the lling member, D", isprovided with a recess, D5, which makes room for the heads of theadjacent bolts or rivets, C1.

rllie filling member, D, may be formed of metal or cf wood.

YBy placin the steel plate member, B, against the aces of' the anglemembers, A, the height4 of the bumper may be fixed to suit vthe heightof bumpers on other cars with which the new ear-is te be used. lnapplyingv the plate member, B, to the new car, the member B, being widerthan the angle members, may be set at the desired height for riveting tethe angle members.

l claimas my invention,

l. ln a railway-car, the combination with side sills and corner pieces,of a plante metal end sill member formed to present a continuous andupright back face to the corner members and to lpresent upper and lowerhorizontal anges free from each other and extending from end to end'ofthe sill, anda llmo member located between said flanges and aving thesocket or chamber adapted to receive a draw bar, substantially as derscribed..

2. A composite end sill for railwa -cars, said sill comprising a platemetal annel member formed to present an upright back v face and topresent u per and lower horizcntal flanges directe away from the carframe, yand a filling member between said flanges and having a. chamber-or socket' adapted to receive a draw as described. Y

3. A. composite end sill for rail a -cars said sill comprising a platemetalV channel member formed to present an upright back face andtopresent upper 'and lower horizontal fianges directed awa from the carframe,- and a filling member ocated between said lianges and hav" asocket adapted to receive a draw bar ocated between and bar,substantially reaching outward beyond said flanges, substantially asdescribed.

4. A composite end sill for railwa -cars, said sill comprising' a platemetal v annel. member formed topresent an upright back face and topresent upper and lower horizontal flanges directed away from the carframe, and a filling member located between said flanges and having inits upper face a channel covered b the upper of said flanges wherebythere is ormed a chamber or socket ada ted to receive a draw bar,substantially as escribed.

5. A composite end sill for railwa -cars, said sill comprising a platemetal ciannel member formed to present an upright back face and toresent upper and lower horizon tal fianges directed away from the carframe, and a filling member located between said flanges and reachingoutward beyond said flanges and havin in itsupper face a channel coveredby the vupper of said flanges,

whereby there is formed a chamber or socket adapted to receivea drawbar, substantially as described.

6. Acomposite end sill for railwa -cars, said sill comprising a -platemetal c annel member formed to presentan upright back face and topresent upper and lower horizontal flanges directed awa from the carframe, and a llin member ocated between said anges and aving horizontalspace adaptedto receive a draw bar and havin an opening lextendingoutward frpm said spaces and adapted to receive a member associated withthe draw bar, substantially as described.

7. A composite end sill for railway-cars said sill comprising a platemetal channe member formed to present an upright back face and topresent upper and lower horizontal flan s directed away from the carframe, a fil ing member located between said flanges and having achamber adapted to receive a draw bar and upright bolts eX- tending.through said flanges and said filling member, substantially asdescribed.

8. A composite end sill for railway-cars,

said sill comprising a plate metal channel member formed to present anupri ht back face and to present upper and lower orizontal flangesdirected awa from the car frame, a filling member locate between saidflanges' and reaching outward beyond said flanges and having a chamberadapted to receive a draw bar, and upright bolts extending through saidflanges and said filling member, substantially as described.

9. In a railway-car, the combination of an ldirected awayfrom the carframe, a filling iso member placed between said anges and chambered toadapt it to receive a draw bar, and a frame member over-lapping andSecured to the end sill .at each end of the latter, substantially asdescribed.

10. In a railway-car, the combination with side sills and corner pieces,of 'a plate metal end sill member formed to present a continuous uprightback face to the corner members the upright dimension of which is higherthan the upright dimension of the corner members, and to present upperand lower horizontal flanges extending from end to-endof the sill, andafilling member glaced between said lian s andbeing chamered to adapt itto recelve a draw bar, substantially as described.

11. In a railway car, the combination with side sills and cornerlpieces, of a. plate metal end sill member formed to.. present an uprightback faceto the corner "members and to present upper and lowerhorizontal "sill and directed awa flanges extending from end to end ofthe from the car frame, bolts or .rivets exten ing through the cornermembers and the upright part of the end sill member, and a illmg memberrecessed to receive the heads of said bolts or rivets and chambered toadapt it to receive a draw bar, substantially as described.

12. In a railway-car, the combination with side .sills of a plate metalend sill member formed to present a continuous and upright back face andto present upper and lower horizontal flanges free from each other andextending from end to end of the sill, and a filling member locatedbetween said iianges and having a socket or chamber adapted to receive adraw bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, this 6th day of March, intheear one thousand nine hundred and twentyour.

HUGH W. SANFORD.

